COMMENTARY: Oh, no. Let's stop this trend

4:45 PM,
Nov. 24, 2012

Written by

Katrina Trinko

In these tough economic times, I completely understand why people are looking for bargains, whether for themselves or for their loved ones' holiday gifts. But there's no reason sales can't start on Black Friday - not Thanksgiving.

This year, several companies, including Target, Toys R Us and Walmart, obligingly opened their doors Thanksgiving night, with at least a couple opening as early as 8 p.m.

The early launch hurt some employees. "Thanksgiving ? is one of the three days retail workers get off a year: a day most all of us spend with family we only get to see on that day," wrote Target ...